Pak flood surpasses tsunami, Haiti quake in misery: UN

ISLAMABAD: The number of people suffering from the massive floods in Pakistan exceeds 13 million — more than the combined total of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the United Nations said in a statement on Monday.
The death toll in each of those three disasters was much higher than the 1,500 people killed so far in the floods that first hit Pakistan two weeks ago.But the UN estimates that 13.8 million people have been affected — over 2 million more than the other disasters combined.
“The number of people affected by the floods is greater than the other three disasters combined,” Maurizio Giuliano, spokesman for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, said.
Meanwhile, soldiers and aid workers struggled on Monday to reach at least a million people cut off by landslides that have complicated relief efforts. Poor weather has grounded relief helicopters and more rain was expected to compound the misery of more than 13 million people — about 8% of the population — whose lives have been disrupted by the floods, including two million homeless. agencies